As school is back in session, now is a great time to create new friendships. In the midst of those friendships, we have the opportunity to bring our faith, love, and hope into their lives. Even in a growing city...

Christians forget a lot of people. Despite the abundance of churches in Waco, students can easily get lost and forgotten by the Christian community. As a sophomore at Baylor University, I look back on my freshman year and remember being...

Developing Missional Christians The Anglican theologian Martin Thornton, writing in the early 20th century, developed a theory of church leadership that he called “a theology of the remnant.” He believed that every church was composed of three tiers of people,...

We would imagine that the phrase “missional community” would be somewhat self-explanatory given that the name seems fairly straightforward.  However, since the word combo emerged several years ago, there has been a great deal of confusion regarding what a “missional...

Acting is easy, but being a Christ follower is hard.  Towards the end of last school year, I was convicted of being an actor, playing the part of the type of person I think I’m supposed to be, and not...

I always had a great time going to college football games. I loved the floods of people all decked out in the same colors, the fight song, the kick-off, the halftime performance, the whole experience. Generally, watching sports has always...

Grieving the Church You know that verse that tells us not to grieve the Holy Spirit? Sometimes, I think we need to be be reminded not to grieve Christian community. The notion of “community” is something most Christians are familiar...

I’ve always said that my room mirrors the current state of my life. Before this weekend when I helped staff a retreat called Longhorn Awakening hosted by the University Catholic Center, my room looked like the “sour” part of a...

I am being a bit facetious with my title, of course. I really love the Great Commission. It’s the aim of Campus Renewal Ministries to equip students to be missionaries in the marketplace, in the neighborhoods, and especially overseas among...

This last week fourteen CRM staff gathered for our annual conference. Yep, that’s it… just fourteen of us working on about six different campuses. Even with a group that small our differences are profound. We all have different gifts, different...